A myGov branded scam is robbing vulnerable Australians of up to $640 as experts reveal how to avoid falling victim.
Emails with the subject “You have an outstanding refund from MyGov !” has circulated with customers told they were owed $640.98.
The email addresses a generic “Dear customer” with a link address that opened users to a myGov login page – a phishing website dressed up in government branding to feign legitimacy.
The users were then required to input billing information which included full name, address, phone number, credit card number, credit card expiration date and CVV number.
Cybercriminals would store all the information entered.
Email security platform MailGuard has begun blocking the emails however texts were sent out from Australian numbers to sidestep this.
A text message wrote “myGov: Your income return of $1800.34 could not be processed due to insufficient information supplied please update immediately at My.update-income-portal-net”.
It is unclear whether the text belonged to the same phishers.
MailGuard said it was not the first time it intercepted and blocked a scam like this with incidents recorded in November, October and June 2022.
A myGov spokesperson reminded users it would never send users an email or SMS with a hyperlink directing you to sign in to your myGov account. It would also never send an…
